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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1927
Page
3
The W. R. C. will hold its regular meeting Saturday at 2 30 PM with large attendance expected. Members with parts in the Baptist church Sunday school Christmas pageant meet Friday at 7 PM for final rehearsal, bring costumes and arrive promptly.
Miss Jeanette Meyers of Cedar Rapids is held after admitting smuggling a sandwich into a hospital. The sandwich caused the death of Glaude Hermann a hospital patient. Police order chemists to analyze the sandwich for poison.
William Deatherage of Hancock was bound over to the grand jury on a charge of defacing engine and automobile license numbers in Avoca Iowa. He was held on $2,500 bond.
A brief fragment notes a person with heart disease who had appeared to recover but worsened after consuming bread and meat, indicating a dietary influence on health.
The Bible school at the Baptist church will present a Christmas pageant Sunday afternoon at 4 30. The three scene production weaves the nativity story with the Christ Child tale and features costumed Bible school members. The text was written by a local townsman with special music interludes.
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